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Neveesan Weblog: On 18 Tir (July 8 ) We will show that the nation of Iran is still alive

Students of Tehran's Pedagogy university had a ceremony for 18 Tir on wednsday. During this ceremony they showed a film of the student uprising and the savage attacks of the regime's thugs against the students. The students of the Pedagogy university in Tehran also put on an art exhibit of pictures from the 18 Tir Student Uprising. One of the regime's spies with the name of "Eshraghi", with the protection of the regime's Herasat agents attacked the students. While chanting slogans agianst the US and the UK, he shouted "We are followers of Khamenei". The regime's Herasat agents tore down the pictures at the art exhibit, and gathered up the pamphlets and other items.

Neveesan Weblog posted a bulletin titled "18 Tir Is Our Day, it is the Day of Freedom" and asked all Iranians to participate in the anti regime demonstrations today for 18 Tir to prove that the nation of Iran is still alive. On 18 Tir we will prove that we do not give in to fear, intimidation, oppression, or terror. On 18 Tir we will prove that we are still here, and we will stay and not allow the collaborators of oppression drag the nation of Iran into more ignorance and oppressive dictatorship.

Esfehan Students announced today, Thursday, in commemoration of 18 Tir there will be a protest gathering in front of Esfehan university. According to reports from this city, the regime's repressive forces such as Revoltuionary Guards, Basij, military, and Intelligence agents have been stationed throughout the city, especially at Darvazeh Shiraz to prevent any gathering.

Teheran:The regime's forces who are mostly equipped with automatic assault rifles and machine guns have setup posts throughout the city, stopping and searching cars. On Vali Asr avenue there are 4 such posts for inspecting cars, On Shariati street there are 3 posts and people are reporting that this situation is unprecendanted. There are reports that the regime's agents are videotaping everyone and their car interiors.These same reports state that the regime out of its fear of demonstrations, started to deploy massive forces last night throughout Tehran such as the Enghelab Square. At instersections such as Kargar and Keshavaraz Boulevard they have setup supposed traffic stations which are full of the regime's Intelligence agenets and plainclothes vigilantes. Tehren also reports that the Basij are stationed at the Jamalazadeh Basij Headquarters.

According to reports from Tehran on 13 and 15 Tir, (July 3rd and 5th) thousands of flyers were distributed on Vali Asr avenue, Tajrish square, Shariati street, and Keshavarz Boulevard. In addition on Pasdar Square, Navab Chahr Rah, Azadi Sqaure, Satar Khan, Towhid Square, Ferdowsi Square, Imam Hussein Square, Enghelab Avenue and many other locations there have been extensive promotional activities for 18 Tir. These activities are taking place at at time when the regime has employed its greated repressive measures ever.

A newspaper bleonging to Khamenei attacked the Student Uprising of 18 Tir and wrote: these anti revolutionary groups have come about to create chaos in the regime, and have sweetalked the students to come to the streets while their hooligans light the fuse. They were trying to create the kind of chaos that could finish the regime in a few days.

Opposition Satellite radio and TV stations from LA are being heavily jammed in Iran. Since 2 days ago, media and phone calls overseas have been disrupted. It is impossible to call radio and TV stations abroad with any news, especially using phone cards.The second they answerthe phone, it gets cut off.

The regime's forces have been deployed throughout the city and are prepared for anything, the situation is extremely tense. Between Jamalzadeh and Vesal streets a group of students and young people are gathering, a large group of the regime's forces have surrounded them.

According to the latest news, students and other young people have gathered near Gisha bridge and around Tehran University. The regime's forces who are fully equipped and have mini busses have surrounded them. Several political activists such as Shiva Nazri and Akram Eghbali of the Tara Women's Society have been arrested near Keshavaraz Boulevard.

18 Tir News From Iran:
A report from Tehran around 9 o'clock Tehran time: The crowds are increasing every second. at 7:40 there is is a helicopter flying over Enghelab avenue. Anti riot police are ready at Enghelab police station at southern Kargar street (kalantareeyeh enghelab dar Kargar e Jonoobi) and at the anti drug headqaurters on Enghelab street (setad mavad e mokhadar dar kheeyababn e enghelab).

The Al Alam news agency affiliated with the regime arrived at enghelab street at around 8.30. There are many plainclothes vigilantes around, last year they were patrolling the streets with the police. There is very heavy traffic on enghelab, Meydan e ferdowsi and Peech e Shemran.

News coming in from European countries are reporting large gatherings in different European cities for 18 Tir, and there are more planned demosntrations in the US and Canada. In London there was a large gathering outside of the IRI embassy. In Guttenberg in Sweden 600 Iranians and non-Iranians participated in the 18 Tir gatherings called on by Iranian students. In Washington DC Iranians gathered in front of the US Congress. In Cologne, Amsterdam, Franskfurt, Stockholm, Denmark and many other major European cities there were demonstrations which are still in progress as of this writing.

A Report about the Demonstrations in front of the EU in Brussels: on Wednsday July 7th, there was a demonstration in front of the EU headquarters called by the Iran Defense of Democracy and Republic Group at 2 pm with Iranians residing in Brussels. Since a week prior to this demosntration, political groups, members of the Brussels govt. and Parliament, EU, university professors, human rights groups and other NGOs and other political personalities had been invited to attend, some of whom spoke at this gathering. After announcing the events for the day, Angelica Beyer official spokesperson for the German Green Party in the EU parliament spoke in English, she said" Today we enter the 5th year after the attacks against students in their dorms in Tehran university on July 9th, 1999, and this is why we have gathered here today. Out of those students many are in prison and one is dead. We have gathered here to support the Iranian people's demands for freedom and democracy. In recent years many have been killed in Iran. Despite assurances from Iran to the EU in regards to a moratorium on stonings, this act is still committed. My party is announcing its grave concerns about the Human Rights Crisis in Iran. "

Peykeiran: According to the Anatoli news agency, July 8th/18Tir, 5 people who had gathered outside of the IRI embassy in Ankara in order to demonstrate for the aniversary of the events of July 1999 were arrested. Police officials announced the reason for the arrests as lack of valid passports. These individuals were busy passing out flyers in Persian and Turkish in regards to the events of July 1999 when they were arerested. Police Officials said that after their interrogation they will be deported.

Payam web site: According to latest news from Chankari city in Turkey, Turkish police have arrested 53 Iranian refugees and their families and are in the process of deporting them back to Iran. These refugees are all registered at the UN Refugees offices and were awaiting transfer to another country. Their deportation by Turkey, which is under obligation to protect these UN refugees, is a violation of international human rights and UN standards and accords. Despite the fact that Turkish police have committed this hideous and illegal act many times already, many of these refugees are active members of Iranian Kurdistan opposition group with active political histories. Their deportation back into Iran is guaranteed to risk their lives. Therefore it is necessary to take every action imaginable through internation channels and the media to stop this heinous crime against humanity.

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Note: Turkey has increased its illegal deportation of Iranian political refugees since receiving lucrative trade deals with the Mullah$ in Iran. In return for these trade deals, Turkey is illegally deporting legitmate UN registered Iranian political asylum accplicants and refuggess. Shame on Turkey. Please write as many officilas as you can about Turkey's gross violation of international refugee laws.

Reports are coming in about large groups of people and students gathering in the streets of Tehran and other cities. In Tehran, many have gathered outside Terhan university and are preparing to form a protest.

In front of Hosseyneeyeh Ershad a student gathering has taken place which has come under attack from the regime's forces.

There are reports of riots and clashes in South of Tehran (the poorest districts)

He has heard about large gatherings in Tehran and Esfehan, but both the people and the anti regime forces are afraid of each other. They are mostly facing each other and staring each other down. Motorcycles have been confiscated.

Mohseni and Mirdamad squares have had large groups, also in Esfehan.

In Amirabad near Tehran university, the Basij are offering people food and drinks (sharbat) to everyone, nobody is taking it except for their own people.

Park Laleh is seeing a heavy increase in crowds. Most likely tomorrow we will have a much better picture of these demonstrations.

He reads a report from Tehran about slogans that can be seen written all over Tehran against Khamenei such as Marg Bar Khamenei. Same from Hamedan.

Email from Terhan: the best way for a non-violent civil disobediance is through destroying any signs and symbols of the oppressive regime such as destroying street signs, especially those named after the regime's favorite people and symbols.

He is talking much about the problems of picking just one day for demonstrations. Especially when the regime has been preparing to combat this day for 2 months. Everyday is a day for demonstrations.

Thousands of members of the Iranian Diaspora along with their foreign supporters gathered, in thast two days, in various actions organized across the globe in order to pay tribute to the Iranian Student Movement and its Juy 1999 Uprising.

Demos were held in most of the main N. American and European cities in order to support the students and Iran's secularist forces while rejecting the illegitimate rule of the Islamic republic. Los Angeles, Washington DC, Palo Alto, Atlanta, Charlotte, Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto were all scenes of such expression while the gatherings of Europe had also the target of showing Iranians rejection of the EU policies in reference in order to financialy collaborate with the Islamist Theocracy. Paris, London, Stockholm, Berlin, Geneva, Helsinki, Den Haag and several other cities gathered hundreds of suooiters.

Dear all
Today is a wonderful day!
In the demonstration in Los Angeles where about 5000-6000 people participated according to Pars TV, the air was full of pictures on Reza Shah II of Iran. I was so very surprised! I didnīt believe that! There were 5 times so many pictures on Reza Shah II this year than last year, it clearly shows how much his popularity has increased.
The slogans were also great in Los Angeles; The most used one was "Down with Islamic republic of Iran"

The brutal intervention of the regime's official and plainclothes agents has lead, tonight, to the arrests and injuries of tens of protesters in most main Iranian cities. In Tehran alone, the clashes are wide spread and are happening in Amir Abad, Tajrish, Zarabkhane, Kargar, Guisha, Kargar, Sadeghie, Narmak, Noor, vali e Asr and Enghelab area.

Other clashes have happened, so far, in Esfahan, Shiraz and Mashad were those having defied once again the Islamic State are shouting slogans for a democratic regime change in Iran.

Many have been injured or arrested and transferred by full buses to the regime's detention centers,

The presence of the regime's foreign mercenaries and their brutality is easily noticeable. The regime seems to try to isolate the demonstrators in each area and to avoid a bigger ralliement by more demonstrators who are trying to use the darkness of the night.

Many homes have shut off their lights and people are shouting slogans on their flat roofs.